Usually means: Conflict between beliefs and actions.
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  2. cognitive dissonance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cognitive dissonance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cognitive dissonance)

noun:  (psychology) A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.

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